List of superlative awards

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Charlottesville-Albemarle and UVa are repeatedly listed among "best places", and win other awards for superlative achievement among localities.

Regional

2012

  • Go Green Travel Green names area as a "top spot for agritourism." [1]

2011

  • Bert Sperling and Yahoo Real Estate once again ranks Charlottesville as top place to live in the county. [2]
  • 14th best small metropolitan area in job creation and economic growth: The Milken Institute, an economic think-tank, named the Charlottesville metropolitan area as #14 on its 2011 list of best-performing metros in job creation and economic growth, up from #20 in 2010.[3]


2010

  • USA Today ranks Charlottesville as #6 college town[4].
  • Charlottesville listed as America's 9th "Brainiest City" by Richard Florida of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto[5].

2009

  • The Charlottesville metro area is named in the top 50 places in the country to launch a small business by Money Magazine.[6]
  • The Arbor Day Foundation awards Charlottesville with both a Tree City USA and a "Growth Award"[7].

2004

  • Authors Bert Sperling and Peter Sander selected Charlottesville as the best place to live in the United States in "Cities Ranked and Rated" for the year 2004.[8][9]

Charlottesville

2013

  • Yahoo Travel, #2 on "America's best college towns" list [10]


2011

  • TheStreet names Charlottesville as one of its top ten cities that "embody the American Dream." [11]
  • A Silver Level Walk Friendly Community for "high rates of walking, innovative planning practices, and a centralized, successful Downtown Pedestrian Mall"[12]

2010

  • Men's Journal: Top-five healthiest cities[13][14].
  • The Associated Press calls Charlottesville one of the top 12 football towns in the country[15]

2009

  • The Center for Digital Government named Charlottesville named fourth best "digital city" among cities between 30,000 and 74,999 residents, for government use of technology to serve residents and streamline government operations[16].

Albemarle County


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University of Virginia

  • #7; Safest Colleges 2009[17][18]
  • #1 Party School, 2012, Playboy magazine.[19]

References

  1. Web. Top Spots for Agritourism: From Pizza Farms to Cheese Trails, Amy Whitley, Go Green Travel Green, September 5, 2012, retrieved September 10, 2012.
  2. Web. Charlottesville Again the Best Place to Live in America, City of Charlottesville, retrieved September 22, 2011.
  3. Web. [bestcities.milkeninstitute.org/bestcities2011.taf?rankyear=2011&type=rank118 2011 Best-Performing Cities - 179 Smallest Metros], Ross DeVol et al., Best-Performing Cities 2011, Milken Institute, December 15, 2011, retrieved January 6, 2012.
  4. Klinck, Betty. "Best College Towns (and Cities) Ranked - USATODAY.com." News, Travel, Weather, Entertainment, Sports, Technology, U.S. & World - USATODAY.com. 8 Sept. 2010. Web. 08 Sept. 2010. <http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-09-08-collegedestinationsONLINE_ST_N.htm>.
  5. DeBoard, Tyler. "City Ranks No. 9 ‘brainiest’ | The Cavalier Daily." The Cavalier Daily: University of Virginia Student Newspaper. 7 Sept. 2010. Web. 08 Sept. 2010. <http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/09/07/city-ranks-no-9-‘brainiest’/>.
  6. City of Charlottesville. Office of Communications. City Chosen as a Top Place to Start a Business by Money Magazine. Charlottesville, 13 Oct 2009. Print.
  7. Rosenow, John. Letter to Mayor Dave Norris. 12 Apr. 2010. Charlottesville Tomorrow Files. Web. 17 May 2010. <http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/20100412-tree-city-letter.pdf>.
  8. City of Charlottesville. Office of Communications. City Chosen as a Top Place to Start a Business by Money Magazine. Charlottesville, 13 Oct 2009. Print.
  9. "Charlottesville : Awards and Recognitions." Charlottesville : Home. Web. 13 Oct. 2009. <http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=158>.
  10. Web. America's best college towns, Beth Collins, Yahoo, December 13, 2013, retrieved December 31, 2013.
  11. Web. Charlottesville Named as a City that Embodies the American Dream, Ric Barrick, City of Charlottesville, July 8, 2011, retrieved July 18, 2011.
  12. Web. Charlottesville, VA, Walk Friendly Communities, UNC Highway Safety Research Center's Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, retrieved May 2 2011.
  13. Web. This Just In: Charlottesville named among healthiest cities, Chiara Canzi, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, 20 Jan 2010, retrieved 26 Jan 2010.
  14. Web. Charlottesville Named in Top 5 Healthiest Cities, newsplex.com, Gray Television, Jan 19, 2010
  15. Web. Dandy Dozen: Best College Football Towns, Associated Presss, October 8,m 2010, retrieved October 22, 2010.
  16. Web. Charlottesville ranks among best ‘Digital Cities’ in U.S., staff report, Daily Progress, November 14, 2009
  17. Web. The Top 25 Safest Colleges, The Daily Beast, retrieved 28 Sep 2009.
  18. Web. UVA gets safety mark of the Beast, Courtney Stuart, The Hook, Better Publications LLC, Sep 28, 2009, retrieved 26 Jan 2010.
  19. Web. Top 10 Party Schools, Playboy, 24 Sep 2012, retrieved 26 Sep 2012.

External Links

Awards & Recognitions on Charlottesville's government site.